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Spot Forecast for USA Cycling MBC- Explorer Park...Roanoke County Fire & Rescue Department
National Weather Service Blacksburg VA
243 PM EDT Fri Jul 17 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 EDT on July 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Smoke from the Canadian Wildfires will be present overnight and into
Saturday morning before retreating to the northeast later in the day.
Thunderstorms and showers are likely Saturday afternoon and into the night.
The storms may start as early as noon, may be severe, and bring damaging
wind gusts and heavy rain. There may also be a quiet period before another
possible round of showers and thunderstorms Sunday afternoon. Outside of
storms, cloud cover will vary between mostly sunny to mostly cloudy with
winds generally from the west/northwest between 6-10 mph.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    partly sunny (65-75 percent). Showers and
thunderstorms likely in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Max apparent temp...96.
Surface winds.......Light winds becoming west 8 to 10 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.07 inches.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........50  32  47  34  16  22  35  59  68  73  73  63
Weather cov.....                        SCH CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC
Weather type....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                        SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   10  20  30  50  60  60  40
Temp............74  75  77  81  87  89  90  91  90  91  89  88
RH..............87  87  83  78  64  58  52  51  51  51  54  56
Aparnt tmp (F)..74  75  77  86  95  96  96  96  96  96  94  93
Surface wnd dir.N   NW  NW  W   W   W   SW  SW  W   W   W   W
Surface wnd spd.0   1   3   4   5   5   8   8   9   10  9   9
Surface wnd gst.3   5   6   7   9   12  14  16  18  18  18  17

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........54 percent.
Max apparent temp...97.
Surface winds.......Northwest winds 6 to 8 mph in the morning and
                    early afternoon becoming light, then becoming
                    northwest around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........67  65  59  75  58  40  43  47  54  54  54  54
Weather cov.....                                CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....                                RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0   10  10  10  10  10  10  10  30  30  30  30
Temp............75  74  76  78  81  84  86  87  88  89  90  90
RH..............86  89  87  84  77  70  65  62  59  57  55  54
Aparnt tmp (F)..75  74  76  78  86  90  92  94  95  96  97  96
Surface wnd dir.W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Surface wnd spd.8   8   8   8   8   8   6   6   5   5   6   6
Surface wnd gst.13  13  14  15  14  13  12  12  10  10  10  10

$$
Forecaster...Grover
Requested by...Charlie Rucker
Type of request...OTHER
.TAG 2617292.2/RNK
.DELDT 07/17/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL crucker@roanokecountyva.gov